Triple
T10411281
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasIllustrator |
P2761
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
C. Reginald Dalby
C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
|
E862035
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: C. Reginald Dalby | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Reginald Dalby Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
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A.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
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B.
P. C. Clemmow
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
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C.
A. Powell Davies
A. Powell Davies was a prominent 20th-century Unitarian minister, social activist, and author known for his outspoken advocacy on civil rights, civil liberties, and progressive causes.
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D.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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E.
Edward Glendinning
Edward Glendinning is a central fictional character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whom much of the story’s religious and familial conflict revolves.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: C. Reginald Dalby Triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
Generated description
C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Reginald Dalby Target entity description: C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
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A.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
-
B.
P. C. Clemmow
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
-
C.
A. Powell Davies
A. Powell Davies was a prominent 20th-century Unitarian minister, social activist, and author known for his outspoken advocacy on civil rights, civil liberties, and progressive causes.
-
D.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
-
E.
Edward Glendinning
Edward Glendinning is a central fictional character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whom much of the story’s religious and familial conflict revolves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fbfae96c8190ac496e9a1158afe4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.